One student’s question made me change the way I teach history
The response from followers – including apologies and even shame at not knowing this history – has led me to write The ...
#TheMoment a Canadian cycled 1,000 km along the WWI front lines
Stephanie Yuill recounts the five weeks she spent cycling 1,000 kilometres though the Western Front Way, which follows the ...
‘From silver to slavery, the planetary crisis comes from the human capacity to desire — and harm’
Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke, he discusses his book ‘The Burning Earth’ — and archives planetary hurt: What ...
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Battlefields around the world are finding new purpose as parks and refuges
For example, one of the most brutal battles of WWI was fought in Verdun, France. That trench warfare site is now 25,000 acres ... The Hearst Foundations has awarded the Emergency Food Network with a ...
Ukrainian troops train for trench warfare near France's WWI battlefields
Around 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers are training in France's eastern Marne region, where German and French armies battled each other during World War I.
Ukrainian troops train for trench warfare near France's WW1 battlefields
The scene could be 3,000 km (1,860 miles) away in Ukraine's Donbas region, but instead some 2,000 Ukrainian conscripts and ...
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The Very Best Trench Coats for Women
The preferred coats of detectives, corporate-officegoers, and stylish Parisians, trench coats work just as well for catching flights as they do for casual jaunts around town. Take it from me ...
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When the ‘Sun Tobacco Fund’ Rushed to the Trenches of World War I a Taste of Home
The pack or two a soldier might carry in his pocket would be burned up during “the many lazy days devoted to sailing across ...
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Museum tanks and trench systems enhance Ukraine training, EU commander says
But with the Russian and Ukrainian armies blasting thousands of shells at each other every day in grinding combat that echoes the trench warfare of World War One, Ukraine has also sought training ...